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UK Slaughter Statistics - December 2011
2011-12-23 8:27:00 |
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<b>UK - The latest National Statistics produced by Defra on UK slaughterings of cattle, sheep and pigs werereleased on 22 December 2011 according to the arrangements approved by the UK StatisticsAuthority.</b>
<h3>Key points</h3><ul><li><strong>Pigs:</strong> UK clean pig slaughterings were 6 per cent higher than in November 2010 at 830thousand head. Pigmeat production was 68 thousand tonnes, a rise of 5 per cent on November2010.</li><li><strong>Cattle:</strong> UK prime cattle slaughterings were 6 per cent lower than in November 2010 at 167thousand head. Beef and veal production was 76 thousand tonnes, 6 per cent lower than inNovember 2010.</li><li><strong>Sheep:</strong> UK clean sheep slaughterings were 6 per cent lower than in November 2010 at 1146thousand head. Mutton and lamb production was 26 thousand tonnes, 7 per cent lower than inNovember 2010.</li></ul><h4>Section 1. UK monthly slaughter estimates</h4>
This table shows monthly estimates of the number of cattle, sheep and pigs slaughtered for meat forhuman consumption in the United Kingdom. The survey is run according to statistical, rather thancalendar months, the number of weeks in the statistical month is specified below.
<strong>Table 1: UK monthly slaughter estimates</strong>
Thousand Head United Kingdom September 2011
4 weeks October 2011
5 weeksNovember 2011
4 weeks <strong>Clean Pigs</strong> 797 994830 <strong>Sows and Boars</strong> * * * <strong>Steers</strong> 86 10480 <strong>Heifers</strong> 60 7665 <strong>Young Bulls</strong> 23 2621 <strong>Cows and Adult Bulls</strong> 54 7361 <strong>Calves</strong> 8 97 <strong>Other Sheep and Lambs</strong> 1166 15601146 <strong>Ewes and Rams</strong> 160 224172 <font size="1">* Data are confidential</font>
<h4>Section 2. UK average dressed carcase weights</h4>
This table shows the monthly average dressed carcase weight of livestock slaughtered for meat forhuman consumption in the United Kingdom.
<strong>Table 2. UK average dressed carcass weights</strong>
(kilogramme) United Kingdom September 2011 October 2011November 2011 <strong>Clean pigs</strong> 79.1 78.278.8 <strong>Sows and boars</strong> 154.1 154.8144.1 <strong>Steers</strong> 360.9 359.0359.0 <strong>Heifers</strong> 316.0 314.0315.9 <strong>Young bulls</strong> 344.0 344.1347.1 <strong>Cows and adult bulls</strong> 311.9 310.7310.2 <strong>Calves</strong> 44.3 45.549.1 <strong>Other Sheep and Lambs</strong> 19.0 18.919.1 <strong>Ewes and Rams</strong> 25.2 25.725.0
<h3>Section 3. UK monthly home-killed production of meat</h3>
This table shows the monthly volumes of meat produced in the United Kingdom. Data is shownaccording to statistical, rather than calendar months, number of weeks in statistical month as specified.
<strong>Table 3. UK monthly home-killed production of meat</strong>
(thousand tonnes) United Kingdom September 2011
4 weeks October 2011
5 weeksNovember 2011
4 weeks <strong>Pig meat</strong> 66 8268 <strong>Beef</strong> 75 9376 <strong>Mutton and Lamb</strong> 26 3526
<h4>Section 4. UK average weekly slaughterings</h4>
This following table shows the average weekly slaughter figures for the last thirteen months. Themonthly slaughter figures in section one are affected by the number of weeks in the statistical month.To get a clearer measure of trends weekly averages are calculated by dividing the number of livestockslaughtered each month by the number of weeks in the statistical month.
Longer term trends can be seen in the charts following this table.
<strong>Table 4. UK average weekly slaughterings</strong>
(thousand head) United Kingdom 2010 2011 Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep OctNov <strong>Clean pigs</strong> 196 178 180 191 189 177 178 185 187 190 199 199208 <strong>Sows and boars</strong> * * * * * * * * * * * * * <strong>Steers</strong> 21 18 20 20 21 20 20 18 17 19 21 2120 <strong>Heifers</strong> 17 15 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 13 15 1516 <strong>Young bulls</strong> 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 8 7 6 6 55 <strong>Cows and adult bulls</strong> 16 11 14 12 11 10 12 12 11 12 13 1515 <strong>Calves</strong> 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 22 <strong>Other Sheep and Lambs</strong> 305 250 205 207 201 192 180 211 260 279 291 312287 <strong>Ewes and Rams</strong> 47 39 39 40 35 34 34 35 39 40 40 4543 <font size="1">* Data are confidential</font>
United Kingdom average weekly slaughtering - Pigs
United Kingdom average weekly slaughtering � Cattle
United Kingdom average weekly slaughtering � Sheep
<h4>Section 5. UK slaughterings by country</h4>
This table shows monthly estimates of the number of cattle, sheep and pigs slaughtered for meat inEngland and Wales, Scotland, Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Data are shown in statisticalmonths, rather than calendar months. The totals for the countries may not add up to the Great Britaintotals or the United Kingdom totals in section one, due to rounding.
<strong>Section 5. UK slaughterings by country</strong>
(thousand head) � September 2011
4 weeks October 2011
5 weeksNovember 2011
4 weeks <strong>England & Wales</strong> <strong>Clean pigs</strong> 621 768640 <strong>Sows and boars</strong> * * * <strong>Steers</strong> 51 6149 <strong>Heifers</strong> 36 4539 <strong>Young bulls</strong> 17 1815 <strong>Cows and adult bulls</strong> 40 5346 <strong>Calves</strong> 7 86 <strong>Other Sheep and Lambs</strong> 992 1336974 <strong>Ewes and Rams</strong> 153 216166 <strong>Scotland</strong> <strong>Clean pigs</strong> 49 6859 <strong>Sows and boars</strong> 0 0 0 <strong>Steers</strong> 18 2218 <strong>Heifers</strong> 14 2016 <strong>Young bulls</strong> 2 22 <strong>Cows and adult bulls</strong> 5 86 <strong>Calves</strong> 0 0 0 <strong>Other Sheep and Lambs</strong> 144 191147 <strong>Ewes and Rams</strong> 3 3 3 <strong>Great Britain</strong> <strong>Clean pigs</strong> 670 836699 <strong>Sows and boars</strong> * * * <strong>Steers</strong> 70 8467 <strong>Heifers</strong> 50 6555 <strong>Young bulls</strong> 19 2117 <strong>Cows and adult bulls</strong> 46 6152 <strong>Calves</strong> 7 86 <strong>Other Sheep and Lambs</strong> 1136 15261121 <strong>Ewes and Rams</strong> 156 220168 <strong>Northern Ireland</strong> <strong>Clean pigs</strong> 127 159131 <strong>Sows and boars</strong> 0 0 0 <strong>Steers</strong> 17 2013 <strong>Heifers</strong> 9 1110 <strong>Young bulls</strong> 4 54 <strong>Cows and adult bulls</strong> 8 129 <strong>Calves</strong> 1 1 1 <strong>Other Sheep and Lambs</strong> 30 3425 <strong>Ewes and Rams</strong> 4 54 <font size="1">*Data are confidential</font>
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